How are you using the Finger Speller Flashcards?

The Fingerspell Flashcards have been online for just over 3 months now. Over 1'200 people have visited the site. 20% are repeat visitors and it looks like a hundred or so come back regularly to practice the finger alphabet and master fingerspelling.

So I am curious: Why are you using the FSFS? How did you find out about it? Do you like the program? (Or if you decided not to use it, why not?) How can I make the program better? Please post a comment or use the English contact form or the German contact form to drop me a line.

Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you!

German Version Finished, Browser Testing Completed

The Fingerspell Flashcards (or Fingeralphabet-Lernkarten as they are known in German) is now available in English and German. This includes not just the fingerspelling alphabets, but also the language for the entire website.

You can use the site in English or German. You can Fingerspell using German (DGS), Swiss German (DSGS), or American (ASL) alphabets. The dictionaries are dependent on the alphabet chosen. So Swiss German uses Swiss German first names and place names, ASL users US-American names and place names, etc.

The Flashcards have been tested with Firefox 1.5 and 2.0, Safari and Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0, and all seem to work properly. I also tried it out on an iPhone, where it also worked perfectly on the on the first try — and it was really cool to boot! If I get enough feedback saying people want it, I'll do an optimized port.

So here are the direct links to the various versions:

• Fingerspell Flashcards ASL
• Fingeralphabet-Lernkarten DGS
• Fingeralphabet-Lernkarten DSGS

Any problems, just let me know. Otherwise, Have fun!

Special Thanks to Elena, Claus, Noel, Ben, Denis, Bruno and Haydar, all colleagues at namics, for their help in in fine tuning the look and tracking down those last pesky CSS bugs.